The potato peeler: This little kitchen tool can save you the hassle of slicing, dicing, and chopping stuff up for a delicious, healthy salad. Use it to evenly slice a carrot and shave red onion slices right into a bowl.

The Art of Doing Stuff blog posts this simple time-saving technique. You can slice up other salad ingredients too, like cucumbers and apples. Add your other salad toppings and you've got a great lunch and little mess to clean up. Brilliant!